III Essay Writing

Write about your plans for future.

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EXAM CARD XVIII

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NEW YORK

New York, N. Y., is the post office designation of the largest metropolis in the United States. Officially it is the City of New York, and popularly it is called New York City.

The City of New York is situated at the mouth of the Hudson River, sometimes called the North River. The five boroughs comprising the city are: Manhattan, on the Manhattan Island between the Hudson and East Rivers; the Bronx, on the southernmost part of the mainland; Queens and Brooklyn, on Long Island, separated from Manhattan by East River; and Richmond on Staten Island in New York Bay.

The City of New York has always been in the center of political events. It witnessed the American Revolution; the Declaration of Independence was read to the American troops here on July 9, 1776, in the presence of George Washington. It was here on April 30, 1789, that Washington took the oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall.

Thanks to its geographical position and historical past, New York has grown into a big financial, commercial, and industrial center with the heart in the Borough of Manhattan. America's business and culture are in Manhattan. The Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Harlem, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Broadway — all these World famous sights are in Manhattan. What unites them is probably a small street, only a few blocks long, which is the financial center of the whole United States — Wall Street. It provides the nation with centralized credit and banking facilities. It is a sales place for securities; it is also one of the biggest money capitals of the world. Economic and financial power of the United States is concentrated in the buildings of Wall Street; in the Stock Exchange, one of the world's greatest; in the banks, among them the oldest in the city, the Bank of New York, founded in 1784.

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II Grammar

1. Turn left ..... the traffic lights.

in

at

on

2. Are you ..... better today?

feeling yourself

feeling yourselves

feeling

3. Could you tell me ..... to the railway station?

how I can get

how can I get

I how can get

4. Paul is very smart; in fact he is ..... boy among his classmates.

more intelligent

the most intelligent

as intelligent

5. The child was punished by _____ to bed without dinner.

sending

being sent

having been sent

6. Craig, ..... only 16, is one of the most promising sportsmen in the UK.

who's

whose

it's

its

7. Sue ….. be able to help them.

might

could

should

shall

8. Her face was stained with tears and her eyes were red. She ..... .

cried

was crying

had been crying

had cried

9. The train had all ..... windows broken.

its

it's

there

their

10. The boys felt ..... than the girls about losing the game.

bad

the worst

worse

III Essay Writing

TV: could you be without it.

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EXAM CARD XIX